Four different views of Concorde. by jayfar

Photography • Aviation • posted on Jan 15, 2011

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Back in the late 1980's I was between jobs so an electrical contractor friend of mine took me on for a few weeks. He had a contract to renew the wiring to the overhead cranes in the Concorde hangar at Heathrow Airport. How lucky was I???? We got to know the engineers very well and they would let us have access to all seven aircraft as and when they returned from their flights. Here the third pic shows a shot taken from the flight deck of a Concorde looking out to another on the hangar apron. (You can just see the nose of the engineer). The other shots speak for themselves and were all taken on a pocket camera.

Comments (23)

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GARAGELAND

3:42AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

What luck you had to be able to take these.

alanwilliams

5:06AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

a pretty unique set of pictures Jeff, well put together

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durleybeachbum

5:24AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

How exciting for you to see them so close!

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awjay

5:27AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

superb....

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helanker

5:40AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

It must have been a fantastic experience. Excellent.

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dochtersions

7:03AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Amazing to see this. Great POV too, Jeff!

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dragonmuse

7:57AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

How lucky indeed! Such a cool opportunity. Thanks for sharing.

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pat40

10:20AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

lovely jeff, did you know that Bern built the Hanger for Concorde, up Yeovilton.

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MagikUnicorn Online Now!

10:29AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

That was the best plane!!! Thanks for share.... Beautiful collage

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flora-crassella

11:14AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

very interesting photos!

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kbrog

11:24AM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Great collage! :)

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mariogiannecchini

4:44PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Great photos !

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sandra46

5:05PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

wow the old bird! great collage

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bmac62

5:06PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Money couldn't buy this experience today. Four neat shots. We got to walk through and around the BOAC Concorde now permanently in the outside yard at the Boeing Museum of Flight in south Seattle. Quite fine views.

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flavia49

5:26PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

great shot

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jeroni

5:34PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Fantastic light and mood. Superb collage

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danapommet

11:38PM | Sat, 15 January 2011

Fantastic collage Jeff. Lucky you! Dana

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ragouc

5:15AM | Sun, 16 January 2011

Very good collage

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lick.a.witch

5:41AM | Sun, 16 January 2011

Wonderful images and a truly majestic aircraft. I really envy you that unique experience. ^=^

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Cosme..D..Churruca

7:57AM | Sun, 16 January 2011

magnifique! a golden opportunity.

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moochagoo

2:02PM | Sun, 16 January 2011

A good "Concord" collage !

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aksirp

3:24PM | Sun, 16 January 2011

wow, stunning, i love this collage!

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Richardphotos

7:31PM | Mon, 17 January 2011

I met one of only 2 pilots for Braniff that flew Concords.in a local air museum there is a high performance bi-plane that he hand built and won so many competitions.sadly he passed away at 88 years old maybe 2 years ago.I never got to see one fly so seeing these are special . you were very fortunate